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Date of birth
12 Jul 1884
143 years ago at Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]

Also Known As

  • Lazar Meir
  • Louis Burt Mayer
  • Louis Mayer
  • L.B. Mayer
  • L. B. Mayer
  • Lazar Mayer
  • Louis Burton Mayer
  • Ezemiel Mayer

Louis B. Mayer

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Biography

Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir in the Russian Empire; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was an American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM). Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors and stars in Hollywood. Mayer was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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